6 Israeli captives killed in Gaza airstrikes as ceasefire, prisoners swap talks collapse in Doha

Say Netanyahu obstructing Gaza ceasefire

 

Admin I Tuesday, August 20, 2024

 

GAZA – At least six captives held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip have been killed following strings of indiscriminate air strikes by the Israeli Defence Forces, IDF in the area.

They were killed just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sweet-talked Secretary of State, Antony Blinken into a new proposal in lieu of the President Joe Biden proposal backed by the United Nations Security Council leading to the collapse of peace talks in Doha.

In a statement, spokesman of Hamas, Osama Hamdan said the Resistant Movement agreed to the proposal presented by Biden, but that the US administration failed to make Netanyahu to agree to the deal.

“The israelis backed down on issues included in Biden’s paper

“Netanyahu’s talk about agreeing to an updated proposal means that the US administration failed to convince him of the agreement

“We only want to implement President Biden’s proposal that we agreed to.

“We do not know the updated proposal exactly, but the israeli delegation that came to Doha presented conditions that invalidate it”, Hamdan said.

He added any agreement Hamas will agree to must include five specific points, including stopping the aggression, withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, and reconstruction.

“The mediators will inform Blinken that Hamas respects its commitments and what it agreed to on July 2

“We still have our commitments and are ready to implement them immediately, and the one who is obstructing efforts to reach an agreement is Netanyahu

“The israelis want cover for as long as possible to continue fighting and committing genocide in Gaza

“Israel” does not want a ceasefire, and it is natural for the resistance to do everything that would pressure them to stop the aggression

“Israel” will not be able to break the resistance, and the counterpart will be an escalation from us to stop the genocide Collective

-“Israel”s intention is to continue the war with Netanyahu’s talk about keeping his forces in Netzarim and Philadelphia”, he said.